Senior Project Manager

About the role

The Senior Project Manager provides leadership of major and complex projects involving multiple internal and external stakeholders, ensuring successful delivery across scope, schedule, cost, quality and customer satisfaction.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex defence systems projects across the full lifecycle.
• Manage project scope, cost, schedule, quality and risk outcomes.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and direction to project team members.
• Lead customer reviews, steering committees and project governance forums.
• Manage contract variations and project change requests.
• Drive stakeholder engagement across customers, partners and internal teams.
• Identify opportunities to maximise project and business outcomes.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Science, Business or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex projects within Defence or a related sector.
• Strong understanding of project management principles and methodologies.
• Experience managing systems integration and system development projects.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and develop high‑performing project teams.
• Well‑developed stakeholder management and customer engagement skills.
• Excellent planning, scheduling, risk management and problem‑solving capability.
• Applicants must be Australian citizens and hold or be able to obtain an Australian Defence Security Clearance.

Required skills

• Project management
• Systems integration
• Risk management
• Stakeholder engagement

What we offer

• Up to 6 weeks leave
• 14% employer superannuation contribution
• Free Income Protection Insurance